San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-13

strung Up d muTueTeTs
SAN Francisco, Cal, Aug. l3.-Frank
Wilson was hanged at Prescott, A. T.,
Yesterday for the murder of Samuel
Clavenger and his wife, Charlotte, in
May, 1886, on the summit of the Huskin
mountains, a few miles from the Utah
line. Frank Wilson and COM
panion, John A. johnson (colored), were
employed by Clavenger to assist in
driving number of horses to Washing
ton territory. No one was in the party
except the two men. Clavenger, his wife
and adopted daughter, and while camp
ing at the place mentioned, Wilson muir
dered Clavenger and his wife. Wilson
and johnson then divided the stock and
five hundred dollars which Clavenger
had with him, and buried the bodies
which were found six months later. WI
son and the girl lived together after
wards and went TO Washington Terri
tory and Idaho, where they were found
by the sheriff. The former was taken
back to PRESCOTT for trial. johnson was
found in Nevada and q chain OF circum-
stantial evidence together with the
girls statement served to convict both.
Wilson, however, made a confession on
the 9th instant generating Johnson,
stating that the latter did not know OF
| the murder till some time after. John
son was respited today by Governor Zu-
| lick till the BIRD of September.
Testimony Before Commissioners.
| CHICAGO. August ia Times special
from ChatswOrth, Ills, says: The board
| of railroad commissioners arrived here
at noon yesterday and began an investi-
| cation into the recent disaster. j. j.
| Sutherland, one OF the engineers of the
Il hak Nh.at raf In Oh tttTn
| hours late when 1t drew out OF Forrest.
| He saw, as he approached the bridge,
| what seemed to be flames on the south
side of the track. He then saw some
| thing was wrong with the bridge, but
| It was too late 70 do anything. When
| he first saw the bridge 1t looked like
| embers. 1t seemed to burst into flames
when he ran on the bridge. 1t was not
| raging fire, nor did it communicate
with the cars on the bridge. He saw,
as he expressed 1t, death staring at him
in the face. He shut Off his engine and
felt the bridge sink. Sutherland then
opened the valve to get the train
through. The force of the train pushed
the engine over, breaking it loose
from the tenders. He was running
about 80 miles per hour. lie had no
power to stOp the train between the
time he saw the fire and his arrival at
the bridge His engine had no air
brake, neither whistle was sounded for
brakes.
Jno. Rogers, fireman OF Sutherland's
| engine, observed sparks rising and Goals
in the centre of the track and jumped
from the engine. Saw certain things
which satisfied him the bridge was
burned.
Axel Applegreen, fireman second en-
CINE was at the cab window when the
engine jumped in the air and turned
over. He was scaIded. He saw nothing
of the fire at the time OF the accident,
but saw it Immediately afterwards.
B. f. Armstrong, superintendent OF
the road was sworn. He was on the eX-
cursiOn train at the time of the accident.
Witness felt the front engineer reverse
his engine and apply the brake about
five hundred feet from the bridge.
He looked down and saw the burning
bridge under the front platform. Men
with axes chopped down the abutments
so as to kill the flames. The fire evil
IDENTIFY caught in the east end OF
the bridge and was working
down in the old stringers used
for the bulk-heads. Orders were issued
by him to the rOadmaster to burn the
dead grass and weeds.
j. II. Markley, bridge inspector: On
May 18th reported bridge in good con-
ditiOn and good for two years. Tuesday
last he ordered section men to 60 over
| the entire section under their charge
and inspect bridges. He did this for fesr
of forest fires. Ordered all section men
| to get over their section the last thing
Wednesday night, and examine bridges
His track is good for As miles
per hour. The road is in fine
condition steel rails with fish bars
Investigation will be resumed at Peoris
in the early part of next week.
From the Pacific Ocean comes news o.
pending royal divorce between Pc
mare V. King of the Society Islands
and his Queen MaraH, the pretty bru
nette who was for a time ~ lion"-ol
rather a "lioness'-in Partisan society
when she was staying at the Frenol
capital in 1888. King Pomare consider
himself the aggrieved party, having
gone so far as to disavOw the paternity
OF the two charming little girls who, &C
cording to the Queen, form part OF thu
royal family.
Gen. John Bidwell, who recently CAV,
eight acres Of his great ranch at Chico
Cal az site for the new normal schOo
of Northern California, went to tina
state long before tho discovery Of gold
He bought his ranch Of 10000 acres 70
, $1,000, and now II ia worth S2,OOO,OOl
and yields AT income Of 100000 Gen
BidweIl used TO be n great wine pro
| Queer. but his second wife has inducet